AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Celtics were looking back in anger as they left the floor of The Palace last night. Antoine Walker walked back to give referee Ron Olesiak an extra word or two, and several others in the Boston traveling party were expressing displeasure with the late calls in a 94-91 loss to the Pistons.

Paul Pierce picked up his second technical of the night with seven-tenths of a second left after failing to attract a foul a moment earlier on the Celts' last possession. In many ways, he and his mates believed that they got a tad hosed.